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Plates VII.-X.
triumphant, from the watchers who give judgment,
[1. Reading se en Unt.
2 The one with a knife.
3 I.e., Great Slayer.]
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who have been appointed by Neb-er(118)-tcher to protect him and to fasten the fetters on his foes, and
who slaughter in the shambles (119); there is no escape from their grasp. May they never stab me with
their knives, (120) may I never fall helpless in their chambers of torture. (121) Never have the things
which the gods hate been done by me, for I am pure within the Mesqet. (122) Cakes of saffron have been
brought unto him in Tanenet."
Who then is this? (123) It is Khepera in his boat. It is Ra himself. The watchers (124) who give judgment
are the apes Isis and Nephthys. The things which the gods hate (125) are wickedness and falsehood; and
he who passeth through the place of purification within the Mesqet is Anubis, who is (126) behind the
chest which holdeth the inward parts of Osiris.
He to whom saffron cakes have been brought in (127) Tanenet is Osiris; or (as others say), The saffron
cakes (128) in Tanenet are heaven and earth, or (as others say), They are Shu, strengthener of the two
lands in (129) Suten-henen. The saffron cakes are the eye of Horus; and Tanenet is the grave (110) of
Osiris.
Tmu hath built thy house, and the two-fold Lion-god hath founded thy habitation; (131) lo! drugs are
brought, and Horus purifieth and Set strengtheneth, and Set purifieth and Horus strengtheneth.
(132) "The Osiris, the scribe Ani, triumphant before Osiris, hath come into the land, and hath possessed it
with his feet. He is Tmu, and he is in the city."
(133) "Turn thou back, O Rehu, whose mouth shineth, whose head moveth, turn thou back from before
his strength"; or (as others say), Turn thou back from him who keepeth watch (134) and is unseen. "The
Osiris Ani is safely guarded. He is Isis, and he is found (135) with [her] hair spread over him. I shake it
out over his brow. He was conceived in Isis and begotten in (136) Nephthys; and they cut off from him
the things which should be cut off."
Fear followeth after thee, terror is upon thine (137) arms. Thou art embraced for millions of years in the
arms [of the nations]; mortals go round about thee. Thou smitest down the mediators of thy (138) foes,
and thou seizest the arms of the powers of darkness. The two sisters (i.e., Isis and Nephthys) are given to
thee for thy delight. (139) Thou hast created that which is in Kheraba, and that which is in Annu. Every
god feareth thee, for thou art exceeding great and terrible; thou [avengest] every (140) god on the man
that curseth him, and thou shootest out arrows . . . . . . . . Thou livest according to thy will; thou art
Uatchit, the Lady of Flame. Evil cometh (141) among those who set themselves up against thee.
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What then is this? The hidden in form, granted of Menhu, (142) is the name of the tomb. He seeth [what
is] in [his] hand, is the name of the shrine, or (143) (as others say), the name of the block. Now he whose
mouth shineth and whose head moveth is (144) a limb of Osiris, or (as others say), of Ra. Thou spreadest
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